Golf shoe



l. SABEL ET AL GOLF SHOE Filed April 25, 1939 April 6, 1943.

6 l/wveivos" b @orq Patented Apr. 6, 1943 Isadore Sahel, PhiladelMacdonald,

phia, Pa., and Laurie S. Brockton, Mass.

Application April 25, 1939, Serial No. 269,868 3 Claims; (c1. sii-f2.5)

This invention relates to a golf shoe and more especially to a golf shoeor the like having spikes or calks attached to the outer sole thereof.

The usual calk for golf shoes is provided with and that there is afurther tendency of the calks to tilt, these conditions being aggravatedwhen the soles become damp through use in wet weather. I

In addition, the construction of the usual golf fortable to the wearer.

The general object of the present invention is CII to bring about a formof shoe wherein warping of the outer sole and and wherein there is nopossibility of the calks or their fastening means pressing upwardly intothe flller and inner sole and causing discomfort to the wearer.

A feature of the invention resides in a form of shoe wherein the aboveresults are accomplished, but wherein the fore part of the shoe is leftwith the degree of flexibility necessary to the proper motions of thefoot during walking and the swinging of a golf club.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in the novel featuresand combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a golf shoe in accordance with theinvention, partly broken away to show details of the improved structurethereof;

Fig. 2 is a view of the bottom of the outer sole of the shoe shown inFig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 1 but showing a mcdication;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view Fig. 4, and

along line 5-5 of tilting of the calks is avoided,

Fig. 6 is a view of the bottom of the outer sole Y of the shoe shown inFig. 4.

Referring to the drawing in which we have illustrated our invention byshowing two preferred forms that the same may take and with specialreference at present to that form ofthe invention shown in Figs. 1-3,inclusive, the reference numeral I 0 indicates, in general, a golf Vshoewhich, in this instance, is of the Goodyear welt type and includes anupper II turned in at its lower edges and secured to the welt I2 and lipI3 of the inner-sole I4 by the usual inseam stitches. The bottom of theinner sole is filled by the usual iiller I5 and the outer sole I6 isfitted against the bottom of the inner sole and attached to the welt I2by the usual stitches I1.

The calks, generally designated by the reference numerals I8, are hereineach provided with an integrally formed ange or shoulder I 9, seatedagainst the bottom of the outer sole, and a stem 2li extending upwardlythrough the outer sole and threaded into a nut or fastening element 2Iseatedagainst the inside or upper face of the outer sole.

Interposed between the inner and outer soles, and thus between the nutsor fastening elements 2l and the filler I5, is a relatively thinflexible -plate 22, preferably made outof fairly hard steel,

the plate being shaped to correspond to the shape of the forepart of theouter sole and extending from the vball line up to the toe andtransversely of the shoe substantially right up to the line of stitchesjoining the outer sole to the welt.

The calks may be placed at such points on the bottom of the forepart ofthe outer sole as dethence along the opposite side to terminate justforward of the ball line. It will be noted that the plate 22 overlies orseats on the fastening elements 2| of each of these calks, that is tosay, the plate is interposed between the calks and inner sole or filler,so that pressure on the be transmitted to the plate rather than directlyto the filler and inner sole.

to the plate 22 by rivets 23.

Inasmuch as the plate 22 is secured tightly to the sole by the calksIlla, the plate will prevent the sole from warping and, through thecontact of the fastening elements therewith, will prevent the calks fromtilting. However, since the plate is not attached to the calks or sole,except at the central part thereof, the sole may be flexed duringwalking or the like, and the plate, upon bending, may slide over theinner surface of the sole to permit both sole and plate to flex readily.If all of the calks were fastened directly to the plate, the warping ofthe sole and tilting of the calks would be prevented, but suchattachment of the calks would tie the plate to the sole substantiallyover the entire area of the plate so that there could be no slidingmovement by the plate and sole. Under these conditions the forepart ofthe shoe would be extremely stiff and would not have that degree offlexibility necessary for easy walking and swinging of a golf club.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, none of thecalks 25 is attached to the platey 25, but in this case the plate 26 isattached to the outer sole 21 by means of rivets 28, the rivets 2Spassing through the outer sole and plate. Three rivets are used in theform shown, these rivets being triangularly disposed with respect to oneanother and spaced inwardly from the marginal edges of the plate 26,beyondY the calks 25. It will be apparent that the rivets permitsufficient relative sliding movement between the outer sole and plate tobring about the desired flexibility in the forepart of the shoe, whileholding the plate tightly against the outer sole to prevent warping ofthe same or tilting of the calks, the fastening elements of which abutagainst the lower face of the plate but are not attached thereto.

While we have shown and described a preferred form ofthe invention, itwill be readily understood that it is not to be limited to the detailsshown, but is capable of modification and variation within the spirit ofthe invention and the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. The combination in a golf shoe of an outer sole including a forepart,a plurality of calks on said forepart, each call: having a stemextending upwardly through the sole, certain of said calks beingpositioned adjacent the marginal edges of the forepart and others ofsaid calks being posi- Cil tioned near the center of the forepart,fastening elements at the inside of the outersole and cooperating withthe stems to hold the calks on the outer` sole and a relatively thinflexible metallic plate on the inside of the sole overlying all of thecalks, the fastening elements for the calks near the center of theforepart being attached to the plate, the remaining fastening elementsbeing unattached to said plate.

2. In a golf shoe, an outer sole having a forepart, a plurality of calksmounted upon the outer sole to project from the tread face therecf, atleast a majority of said calks being disposed adjacent the marginalportion of the forepart of the outer sole, said calks having stemsextending through the outer sole, fastening elements disposed at theinside of the outer sole cooperating with the stems to secure the calksto the outer sole, a relatively thin flexible metal plate on the insideof the outer sole engaging the stems of all of said calks and overlyingthe projecting portions of said calks, means disposed centrally of theforepart ofthe outer sole and within said marginally disposed calks -forrigidly securing the plate to the outer sole, the aforesaid marginallydisposed calks being detached from said plate.

3. In a golf shoe, an outer sole having a forepart, a plurality of calksmounted upon the outer sole to project from the tread face thereof, atleast a majority of said calks being disposed adjacent the marginalportion of the forep-art of the outer sole, said calks having stemsextending through the outer sole, fastening elements disposed at theinside of the outer sole cooperating with the stems to' secure thecalksY to the outer sole, a relatively thin flexible metal plate on theinside of the outer sole engaging the stems of all of said calks andoverlying the projecting portions of said calks, at least one ofsaidplurality of calks being disposed centrally of the forepart of theouter sole and having a stem projecting through the outer sole andsecured to said plate for rigidly securing the plate to the outer sole,the marginally disposed calks being detached from said plate.

` LAURIE S. MACDONALD.

ISADORE SABEL.

